Building a computer, need help please

sanderse · 22 Jun 2012 at 14:50

ok, after some research and thought from some useful replies here's what I have.

Xenon AMD A4-3300 2.50GHz Bundle - Dual Core £119

OcUK GeForce GT 440 1024MB £49.99

OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99

Microsoft Ready Basic Optical Mouse Black £10.99

Logitech S-220 2.1 Speaker System £16.99

Samsung HM160HC 160GB 2.5" £41.60

LiteOn iHAS124 SATA DVD Optical Drive | OEM £13.98

Casecom KB-7720 Black ATX midi tower case £9.99

Corsair 500W CX V2 PSU £45.00

total: roughly £310

This is without a monitor which I will spending up £100 on.

I know a lot of you will think this is a pile of rubbish, but bear in mind I'm on a v tight budget for this one.

I have a few rookie questions that I would v much appreciate someone taking the time to answer.

can anyone confirm that all of these components would be compatible?

would the mobo contain a network connection so that he could easily connect an ethernet cable, without a network card?

would a copy of windows XP be easily installed on this system?

would the PSU be enough, or maybe even and unnecessary amount. Could spend less on the Corsair 430w?

Really appreciate anyone taking the time out to help me with this.

mp260767 · 22 Jun 2012 at 15:45

came up with the following including a 19" monitor (not sure if thats enough ?)

no graphics card spec'd, left it to use the onboard gfx, should be ok for the games mentioned, might need the detail turned down a bit tho.

if nothing else the psu listed would be worth being used to replace the corsair you listed to save a bit of money.

1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £95.99
1 x Benq G950A 18.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £35.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x OcUK Tsunami Gaming Case - Black £19.99
1 x Creative A60 2.0 Speaker System (51MF1635AA001) £14.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Blaze K3285 Multimedia Slim USB Keyboard - Black £7.99
1 x OcUK USB Optical Mouse - Black £4.99
Total : £390.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

sanderse · 22 Jun 2012 at 15:57

thanks for the reply. Interesting ideas, although im still quite set on the components that I listed. Could you tell me if they would all be compatible?

sanderse · 22 Jun 2012 at 16:02

I think he does want a GFX card, and also I would like the ease of a CPU,MOBO and ram pre built bundle.

Rusko187 · 22 Jun 2012 at 16:06

Xbox?

sanderse · 22 Jun 2012 at 16:07

What do you mean?

Rooster212 · 22 Jun 2012 at 16:21

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 550Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £84.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x Asus P8H61-MX Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £37.99
1 x Intel Celeron G530 2.40GHz Socket LGA 1155 Processor - Retail £33.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x OcUK Swift 550W V2 Silent Power Supply £22.99
1 x OcUK Tsunami Gaming Case - Black £19.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £309.43 (includes shipping : £10.50).

This is skimping on EVERYTHING except the graphics. I would honestly say it would be a bad idea to use that power supply, and you should consider saying £350 would be an absolute minimum.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 550Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £84.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x Intel Pentium G620 2.60GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £47.99
1 x Asus P8H61-MX Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £37.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x OcUK Tsunami Gaming Case - Black £19.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £337.46 (includes shipping : £10.50).

This would be better, you have to add a keyboard + mouse to that obviously.

sanderse · 22 Jun 2012 at 16:26

Thanks rooster. I'm afraid it's a little over budget including a monitor. How about the specs that I posted, would you say that they are compatible?

mp260767 · 22 Jun 2012 at 17:18

sanderse said:
thanks for the reply. Interesting ideas, although im still quite set on the components that I listed. Could you tell me if they would all be compatible?

yes it will run.

Addicted · 22 Jun 2012 at 17:21

You just CANT build a decent PC for that spec, go back to your brother and tell him to wait and save £50-100 more.

Getting a PC with those components is stupid imo.

sanderse · 22 Jun 2012 at 17:29

Great thanks mp260767. Fair enough addicted, I'll see what I can do. Thing is, I think my opinion of a good computer is probably a lot different to yours. I have and intel core 2 duo, 2gb ram with a radeon x1950 XT and I consider it to be pretty good.

mp260767 · 22 Jun 2012 at 17:36

Addicted said:
You just CANT build a decent PC for that spec, go back to your brother and tell him to wait and save £50-100 more.

Getting a PC with those components is stupid imo.

he's not really after a decent pc tho, he's after the best he can get to run cs 1.6 and fallout, not really something that needs that much to power to play.